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Cordless mowing on a slope.

I've noticed that there's already a recent thread about cordless mowers, but I have a specific question which I hope will allow me the privilege of commencing a separate topic.

I have a lawned garden which is partly flat, partly sloped. One or two of the slopes are fairly precipitous. At present I cut the lot with a Flymo hover mower, and I have a hand mower which I occasionally use, just for a change, on the flat bits.

I've been looking at the battery powered mowers and like what I see,  but my main reason for not buying one yet, apart from the additional cost, is that I'm not sure how well they perform on sloping lawns.

Anyone had any experience of cordless mowing on a hill? 

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  • DesthemoanerDesthemoaner Posts: 191
    Thanks for that. I have considered options other than keeping it lawned, but it looks nice even if I don't actually walk on it much. So the grass stays, and for now its a matter of working out whether a cordless mower would be practical on a slope. 
  • JoeXJoeX Posts: 1,783
    @Desthemoaner how has it been with the manual mower you got last summer?

    Ive literally just mowed my cable into pieces so I’m angry enough to try something completely new instead!  My lawn is not really sloping but with quite a few bumps and dips...
  • Pauline 7Pauline 7 Posts: 2,246
    I hope I'm not teaching grandma to suck eggs, but you are mowing across the slope and not up and down. 
    West Yorkshire
  • DesthemoanerDesthemoaner Posts: 191
    I tend to work down the slope with a "sweeping" motion. Works OK most of the time, but its tiring, especially on the hands and wrists, and there's the regular problem of the darned cable having to be moved. Hence the thoughts about a cordless mower.

    Tin Pot, the flat parts of my garden are pretty level and I couldn't tell you how a manual would cope with bumps and dips.
    Maybe someone else here has relevant experience and can comment. 
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